New York City Event

On September 8th, 2012 Meatopia, presented by Whole Foods, will take place on Randall’s Island Park and feature the biggest, most ambitious line-up of chefs and meat dish offerings in the history of the event, now in its ninth official year. This will be the most ambitious iteration yet of the so-called “Woodstock of Edible Animals,” with a chef roster drawn from everywhere from Hong Kong to the United States Special Forces. Whole Foods Market’s national Best Butcher contest will again see its finals on the Meatopia stage.

This year’s theme is “Meatopia 2012: City of Meat,” and groups nearly forty chefs in meat-themed “neighborhoods” such as Carcass Hill, The Deckle District, Offalwood, and the Meatopia County Game Reserve. Meatopia’s charity partner, the Armed Forces Foundation, will be represented by a BBQ cooking team made up of Navy SEALs, as well as by “Wounded Warrior” VIP guests. City Harvest will also be receiving a large food donation for hungry New Yorkers. Other first-time Meatopia additions live feature musical acts, including Woods and The Living Kills, and world-famous mural artist Laurel True creating an interactive meat mural with the crowd.